AS/A level PhotographyFirst year (AS) includes 2 units:

•ART1 (coursework) is 60% from Sept – Feb

•ART2 (controlled assignment) is 40% from Feb - June

AS PhotographyStudy of technical skills and different genre’s of

photography.

Genres of Photography

• List as many different genres of photography as you can think of

Research and analysis

Genre and individual body of work analysis

Portrait, Documentary,Landscapeand Experimental

Analysing to learn

ART1

1. Induction period Learning how to control a DSLR camera, composition and lighting

2. Research and analysis Understanding 3-4 genres and researching photographers

3. Creative Making Creating your own images in those genres

4. Reflection Efficiently reflecting on your practice

AS/A level Photography

1.Induction period

ApertureShutter Speed

Aperture – Deep focus – F/22

Aperture – Shallow focus– f/2

Quick Shutter Speed

Bragaglia brothers Slow Shutter Speed

• 12 key qualities will appear

• They will disappear after 30 seconds

Your task:

1. List the key words/terms

2. be ready to explain what they are

ambition

concept

Group critiques

Homework

Genuine interest

Team player

creative

Hard work

100 % Attendance

dedicationIndependence

Pride

Over to you!

Photography Trips

A2 Photography and Art Trip Abroad each year. Paris 2014, next year Berlin

Watch it here: http://21rdh.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/paris-2014.html

Photography CompetitionsSarah Garrett won the Arbury Rotary competition 2013

Sarah’s winning images

A2 Photography Summer Project Exhibition

Students organised and planned their own exhibitions.

Students exhibited their work in British Heart Foundation and a local florists shop.

Some even sold their work

What the course is NOT

• Snapshots• Taking selfies• No Pets• No FlowersAnd its NOT EASY

Student SketchbooksOn each table are 2 student sketchbooks. Compare and contrast them and make points on the following:

•Artist research – how detailed it is? Does it link to the students work?•Is their reflection descriptive (say what you see) or analytical (relates to concept and enhances ideas/projects new ideas and thoughts)•Use of lighting and composition in their images – list the positives and negatives

Summer Project: Self Portrait Project

• Take 6-10 final photographs of things that mean something to you, as well as a self-portrait.

• These should be printed and mounted in your sketchbook with reflection explaining why you’ve taken them, and any lighting and compositional techniques that you have used.

Summer Project: Artist ResearchResearch one of the following historical photographers: •Ansel Adams•Rineke Djikstra•Diane Arbus•Raghu Rai•Lewis Baltz•Francesca Wood•Berenice Abbott•Eugene Atget•Fay Godwin•Margaret Bourke-White•Richard Avedon

You must analyse 4 images of the photographers work. This MUST NOT be a biography or plagarised.

Photography & Art exhibition

Additional Genre Research

Documentary-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis

Gary Winogrand

Portrait-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis

James Mollison - Fans

Alice Springs

Richard Avedon – In the American West

Portrait-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis

Irina Werning – Back to the future

Experimental-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis

Levitation

Daune Michals

Experimental-Investigating Genre and Photographer Analysis

Levitation

HDR

Your Experimental Task using Photoshop

• Follow the youtube tutorial to create your own apple / orange (double click on the icon on the desktop)

• Use the images saved on the desktop folder Photography taster day

• http://youtu.be/S89VHXkwE0s